Facebook Announces 1 Billion Users

It hasn't quite hit the lofty highs of McDonald's serving "billions and billions," but Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appears quite happy with hitting the one billion milestone this week.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced the social network now has more than one billion people actively using the service each month as of Thursday morning, which is quite a feat for something that began as a project in his college dorm room.

"This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month," Zuckerberg writes in the Facebook Newsroom on Thursday. "If you're reading this: thank you for giving me and my little team the honor of serving you.

"Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life," the founder continues. "I am committed to working every day to make Facebook better for you, and hopefully together one day we will be able to connect the rest of the world too."

Perhaps even more impressive, Facebook hit a billion users without ever advertising to the public at large, so to celebrate this milestone, the company has gone right ahead and released its first 30-second television commercial entitled "The Things That Connect Us" -- and you can check it out below from the embedded YouTube video below.